A white-haired animal staring at us with round eyes.
Actually, it's a deer.
In the center of the flock, they are lined up in a row like a commemorative photo, facing the camera.
According to Mr. Hideaki Yamamoto, the chief of the breeding and exhibition section of Maruyama Zoo, who is familiar with deer, this deer can be seen as an adult female because it has no horns.
So why did the white deer appear?
According to Mr. Yamamoto, white individuals can be born with a certain probability in nature.
However, it is difficult to grasp how much it is, and it seems that it is difficult to see it, so it can be said that it is a valuable photo!
Even in another photo, the difference in color from the deer next door is obvious.
The photo was taken by Yuki Matsubara from Teshio Town, Hokkaido.
She happened to see her on her way home on April 17, and she hurriedly returned to her house to pick up a SLR camera and succeeded in shooting her.
According to Mr. Matsubara, this white deer has been a hot topic in the local area for a year, but has not been witnessed recently.
Photographer "Mysterious is the appearance of only one head in the flock"
Mr. Matsubara said, "I heard it in rumors, but I was happy to meet him. It was mysterious to see only one of them standing in the flock, and I was very impressed."
"God rides on a white deer ..." There was also such a legend.
When I was researching about white deer, I was able to hear such a story.
According to the "Nara Deer Protection Association", which works to protect the national natural monument "Nara Deer", there is a legend that God came to Nara on a white deer, and Nara deer is important as a messenger of God. It means that it has come to be treated as.
It seems that a white deer was found in Nara Park about 10 years ago, but according to a survey conducted by a conservation group last July, there was no white deer among the 1105 deer inhabiting Nara Park. That is.
(Photo: Kasuga Taisha's Shinto treasure "Kashimadachi Mikamikagezu")